Price gouging in TEXAS

Didn't take the time to read all of the post but people realize that there is a good 300% mark up on wine right. Ibeza in houston was one of the first and only to shun this tradition. There are parts of this world where a vodka red bull are 30$ prices are what people will pay and that is just how it is. If you have a product that is sought after then you charge more then when the market goes crazy it crashes this is just what happens. See tulips

 

I should say I dont work at a bar but still it is the same thing as the auction sellers if there id soneone dumb enough to pay for it, then there will always be a market.

 

Can't wait to see all the complaining the day Texas breweries are allowed to sell beer on premise in the taproom and people start paying $4-5/pint for beers they used to get on the "tour" in mass quantity for $5-10.

Beer drinking is only going to get more expensive as demand goes up and demand is definitely going up. Fortunately it's still not as bad as the mark up on wine (yet) or liquor. 2oz of call liquor in a shot will cost $5-10 even in Texas bars. You can easily pay $6-15 for a 2oz pour of a halfway decent liquor. Granted, it's more alcohol but look at the mark up. A $25 bottle of whiskey at retail prices can get sold as 2oz pours at $8 each and turn it into $96. A bottle of beer that retails at $15-20 might sell at a bar for $25-40 which is still less mark up in spite of the fact that the beer is probably kept in a cooler, constantly running electricity, while the whiskey bottle sits on the shelf.

 

What brewery have you been to that passes out mass quantities? I thought TABC law states you can't get more than a 4oz pour?

And that truly does suck, as I bought a bottle of Chartruese VEP Green a year or two back for 120$, and when I see it around town, it's typically 30$ for a 2oz pour.

 

Nowhere... this never ever happens.

 

The only time I've seen that happen is when the brewery uses tokens, and people pass their tokens to other patrons.

 

If it's TABC on the 4oz thing, then it really sucks for the brewers who actually abide by that.

 

Like I said, my numbers might be off.

 

I'm not publicly naming names, but there are several places in Austin that do multiple full pours as part of their tour packages....

 

I guess it has to do with total oz's? Bigger pours, but less pours?

 

Laws are damn hard to remember/figure out, but for some reason I thought it was like 24oz total or something along those lines.

 

I definitely know that there's a limit they can "pass" out. I think bars and restaurants are supposed to have one, too, but don't quote me on that.

 

Assuming such a limit exists, the breweries are permitted to sell glassware and put "free" beer in it. Lots of breweries charge $5-10 for a glass/tour and give several 8-16oz pours in it. When breweries are allowed to sell draft beer on premise they likely will not sell so much beer for so little of a price.

 

To go it looks like the consensus is to keep it right around in store price. Onsite consumption of draft beer will be significantly less than bar pricing but yes higher than the current "tour/glass/beer" prices.